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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29
HUMOR OF THE DAY.


The busiest poet will have his idyl
moments. Detroit Free Press.
The Cars throne is getting to be
almost as comfortable as the summit of a
church steeple in July PhiLadelphia-
Times.
A citizen may be known as bad egg,
but like bad egg, society will not re-
gard him as offensive until he is broke
Richmond State.
Jobbins rises to remark that the
knights of old were termed men of high
metal because they wore brass helmets
on their heads.
A poor teacher of penmanship in Xenia,
o., has just fallen heir to legacy of
$575, 900, He is fourishing now, and
no mistake. -RrIiugton Free Press.
False was the cold, hard heart which beat
Her beauteous form beneath;
False were her many vows,n he moaned-
"And so were her hair and teeth"
Washington Critic
1t is easy for great many men to
declare al would rather be right than be
President" for they do not stand in
much danger of being either.-BOSton
Post.
A DIFFERENCE
Johnny's fingers were deep in the jam,
And sweet peaceful smilespread him DER
Yet he didn't seem gay
When later that day
They were deep in the jamb of the door.
Washington Critic.
When a woman can get hold of
newspaper out of which somebody has
cut piece Of news, without yearning to
know what it was about, she is ready to
become an angel. When feminine curl.
osity ceases life has lost all charm and is
no longer worth living g.-FdH RiUer Ad-
Cd1lce.
"And don't you know why, Bobby
said the minister, who was dining with
the family, "your mamma dosen't
want you to eat a second piece of pieW
eyes, sir" replied Bobby "She said
that if you didn't take any there would
be enough left over for tomorrow. -
Ne'0 York Sun.
A newly-made Benedict, while lazily
strolling along one day last week, was
met by friend who in bachelor days had
been a boon companion. "Hello, old
fellow, glad to see you once more, " was
the salutation; then, in the same breath,
accompanying a hearty handshake, came
the natural query: 'How do you like
married life1" ''Well, you know, y
drawled the Benedict, with limp smile,
'I never get very enthusiastic about any
thing. - Washington Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29

fhc finest collection of postage stamps
in the world belongs to Spanish noble
man, who is said to have spent more than
$500, 900 in stamps. His collection has
library to itself in his Partisan residence,
there being from 200 to 300 volumes.
The rarest postage stamp is that of
the island of Mauritius, in 1880. Be it
red or, blue, cancelled or uncanceled,
provided it has the word "postofice" on
its margin, it is worth $500. The monks
of Chartreuse at Client have room
papered beautifully with stamps; there
are Chinese landscapes, Spanish chateaux,
Swiss chalets, dogs, flowers, arabesques
and inscriptions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29
BE STILL, OH HEART.

Be still, oh, heart, and trust,
Be generous and just,
And twill be well with thee
The lowly task do well,
Unworthy passions quell,
And tho the world be bound, be frea
The measures of Thy hope
May fill wider scope
Than thy allotted sphere doth give,
But in the holier space,
Make beautiful the place,
Where truth and thou dost live.
Content thee, oh, mine heart,
Whatever be thy part
Another's prize thine own ambition fill,
Far better walk the ways
OF truth and hear no praise
Than fame, costlier purchase still.
H. S. Kneedler, in Inter Ocean.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29
summer.

Substitutes for dynamite have been re-
Gently invented The German govern
ment has in store mass of roburite,
which it is thought will particularly suit
the demolition of Frenchmen when they
become obstrepelous. The French, on
the other hand, believe in melinite for
the Germans. In Sweden, experiments,
made with less bellicose designs, have
evolved an inexpensive and easily made
. explosive called "bellite." 1t explodes
only by ignition, and then develops a
force thirty-fve times greater than that
of gunpowder, and fifteen times greater
than that of gun cotton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29

A correspondent of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat says in regard to the Mexican
Congress, that at the entrance to the
Theatre Iturbide, where the deputies
meet, soldiers stand with fixed bayonets
at the doors downstairs, line the corri-
dors and crowd the galleries, while a
squad and sergeant sit on benches in
the lobby. And yet such tumults occur
in the Assembly, with such kissing and
hooting of speakers who are not liked,
that under similar circumstances the
Speaker at Washington would order ths
galleries cleared, but in Mexico nobody
interferes with the uproar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29

A recent writer inveighs against the
ihdiscriminate use of tea and coffee,
especially in the young. He is of the
opinion taat against the practice of
giving them to children we cannot speak
too strongly. Childhood is the period
when the nervous activity is at its
greatest. The brain is very busy in
receiving new impressions. Reflex action,
coordination of muscles, and the special
senses are all under constant course of
training. The nervous system is pushed
to its utmost capacity, and long is the list
of victims that follow its overstimulation.
~ these little people, nothing but harm
can come from the use of such cerebral
stimulants as tea and coffee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29

Boston reioices in the application of
steam power to boot polishing. In a
shop located in the midst of the disciples
of Blackstone has been fitted up an en-
gine with a complex arrangement of
straps by which brushes are whirled at a
surprising rate. The customers are
seated on broad bench, and are polished
off in very short time.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29
A Cnrlous Oecnnatlon.

A lady is said tc earn livelihood 10y
skilfully filling up worm-holes in old
books, each leaf being separately an6
patiently dealt with, the material being
chewed or 'pulped" and pressed into
the hole; the charge is sixpence hole.
WGlford's Antiquarian.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29

Prince William, the leader of band of
gypsie encamped near Hartford, recently
received from a carriage maker two wag-
ons costing about 1000 apiece. The
bodies are beautifully colored with gold
bronze and fanciful sylvan scenes, the
iron work is heavily plated with silver,
and all the appurtenances are expensive.
The wagons are for the special use of
Prince William and family during the
summer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29

A paper by G. F. Wright on the 'Muir
Glacier" at Glacier Bay, Alaska, states
that the frozen stream of this glacier is
5000 feet wide and 700 feet deep. In
August this glacier moves into the bay
at the remarkable speed of forty feet per
diem, thus bringing each twenty y-fours
140, 900, 900 cubic feet of ice into the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29

The annexation of upper Burmah by
England gives that country control over
petroleum fields, according to Engineer
ing, as extensive as those of the United
States or of Russia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-06-29
DISCIPLINE

Before the mighty thrinder-crash
All nature holds her breath,
The sword-like lightning's steely fash
Leaps from a sombre sheath.
And so must he who speaks Alright
Long ere he speaks be dumb;
And he who brings to darkness light
Must out Of darkness come.
Catherine s. Holmes. in the Current.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Washington Whispering Stones.

Among the first cUriosities shown
the visitors to the capitol are the whis-
pering stones in the Statuary Hall,
which used to be the old House of
Representatives. There are several
sets of these stones, and Il person
standing on one can hear a second per
son whisper, if that person is on the
corresponding stone on the other side
of the hall One of the most curious
of these stones is the long distance one.
The stone is near the north door of the
hall, which the person who talks must
stand on the threshold of the doorway
of the south entrance, some twenty feet
away. Any one standing on the stone
near the north door can hear the
familiar whispers uttered on the door
steps of the south door. The other day
a bride and groom were among the
visitors, They were from New York,
and one of the groom's friends was
showing them around. OF course, he
was explaining the whispering stones
to them. The bride was on the north
stone and the friend stood upon the
steps of the south door. He was wills
pering to her several little things Of
interest about the hall. She had her
back toward him. A page from the
house came along and got interested in
the conversation. Suddenly he thought
he too, would talk to the bride, and
when the friend stopped for an instant,
the page said;
Say, old girl, how old are you, any
how?"
As quick As lightning, the bride hop
ped off the whispering stone. Her face
was crimson with bushes, and She took
her husbands arm and walked off
The friend had heard the pages re-
mark, and saw its result, but before he
could grab the boy, the naughty page
had fled He followed his friend and
his young bride, and tried his best to
explain matters, but somehow the bride
doubted his story,-BaitiDsorc Anaeri-
e1l
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
ENJOY LIFE.

What a truly beautiful world we
live in. Nature gives Us grandeur
of mountains, glens aud oceans, ani
thousands of means of enjoyment.
We can desire 'Dj better wnen IN
perfect health; but how often do tue
majority Of people feel like glvln :
il 40 disheartened, discouraged and
worn out with disease, when there
is no occasion for this feeling, aS
every sufferer can easily obtain sat
iSfactory proof, that Green's Angus
Flower, will make them free from
disease. As when born. Dyspepsia
and liver complaint are the direct
causes of seventy-iye per cent. OF
snoh maladies as billiousuess, ind
oestion, sick headache, costiyeuesS,
nervous prostration, dizziness of the
head, palpitation of the heart, and
other distressing symptoms. Three
doses Of August Flower will prove
its wonderful effect. Sample bottles
10 cents. Try it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

pectation of an admonition to "Get
out!''
eWell, what do you wantp" repeated
the great Boz.
.Wh-wh-what do you think of
Niagara Falls?" stammered the report
Ell.
''None of your" began the famous
novelist with rising asperity.
II beg your pardon, excuse me,
thought nervously interiected the
reporter, as he edged towards the door.
''Wait moment. Come hererh Mr..
Dickens demeanor and tone had chang
ed completely. The reporter looked up
in surprise. The expression of annoy
ance in the face of the novelist had Civ
EN- way to one of amused interest. 80
you were sent to interview me, were
you?" said he pleasantly. "Well, |
hope you will excuse my candor in say
ing that your paper could not have sent
a person less likely to succeed, even if
| were willing to be interviewed, which
| am not. My young friend, let me
give you a word Of advice. When you
NduA " lIlbtl ltN Il man OOu ttNb ttS II
you were afraid of him, and don't
throw "A net at him as though you were
seeking fish in invisible depths. No
man whose opinions are worth publish
ing will respond to a wholesale invita-
ton to unbosom himself. Don't ask
weak or frivolous questions. You must
have an intelligent plan of campaign
when you go interviewing. First of all
you must know just what you want to
say and your questions must be suific-
iently incisive to awaken the interest
of the person to whom they are address
ed. Once you get man interested in
a subject it will require only little in
genuity to keep him talking. After
what have seen to day | can not help
feeling an interest in Niagara Falls, but
if you will excuse me for saying so, you
lack the ingenuity to set me talking on
the subject. wish you well, however.
Good night"
Mr.. Dickens's impressions of Nj
agara Falls were not printed in any
Buffalo newspaper the next day, but
his pithy remarks on the subject of in
ter7iewing were printed on the tablets
of that young reporters memory-in
red ink, as it were.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
An A ct of Folly

The decision of President CIeve.
land to surrender the rsbel flags
now in custody Of the War depart
ment, to the respective states in
which the regiments that bore them
were organized is if nothing worse,
an act of unmitigated stupidity and
folly. Nobody was worrying about
those flags.
We have heard of no complaint
from the South in regard to them.
They were simply deposited, with
other flags carried by Union troops,
in the keeping of the nation. They
were captured in fair battle by the
followers of the Union flag They
have been gathering dust ia
the department for twenty years aud
more. Their possession by the
nation of which the states formerly
in rebellion are part, ought not to
be offensive to any one. The only
other proper disposition to make of
them would be to burn them. But
everybody was apparently satisfied
with their being left in the War de.
partmeut.
Under these circumstances, Mr..
Cleveland's action is needless,
gratuitous, Notwithstanding of old
passions and prejudioes for no
worthjer purpose than the hope OF
popularizing his administration in
the South, and getting delegates
to the nominating convention next
year. II he had reflected a moment
on the subject, he could not bat
have realized that the surrender of
these flags, to be cherished as sacred
mementoes of the lost cause, aud to
be fl united and spostrophised at
receptions in honor of JEFF Davis
aud other leaders of the rebellion,
would be deeply offensive to the
men who risked their lives and shed
their blood to preserve the Uniou.
Sen. Sherman has been censured
for arousing sectional feeling III q.
late speech at Springfield, by pro.
testing against the suppression OF
the vote of coored citizens through
violence and fraud. But he had the
excuse that he was calling attention
to a great existing evil which IL
poisoning the very sources OF our
political life. President Cleveland
order will excite even greater bitter
ness, and it has no such excuse. 1t
is wanton, grantuitous, needless
and uncalled-for provocation to dts
turbance where letting well-enough
alone was the proper policy We
ln1nkee Seatineh
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Heavy shipman: of Harvesting Machinery

CHICAGO, April William Deer
ing 81 Co., manufacturers of grain
aud grass cutting machinery, ship
ped Saturday to Nebraska from their
factory here five special trains Goa
sisting of $50 carloads Of their
Irvine binders and mowers. This
is the largest single shipment of
this class of goods ever made. This
firm is now employing $500 men,
working night and day, aud their
dlily shipments will average thirty
carIlAls of their production.
Martin & Toay sell these ma
chimes. 23w2
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Notice TO Creditors

STATF OF WISCONSIN, IOWA oo,
- COURT-GN PROBATE. WV
In The matter of the estate of Josenb =.
Of the town of Mineral Point, deceased
Letters test9mentary on the estaie a.,
Cooking, deceased having been H.. .l
William H. Curry. -s
II is ordered that six months from ON,
this date be, and are hereby allowed ul Y
creditors Of said Joseph Cooking NV
to present their claims for examinoge. !
allowance.
Ordered further, thai the claims and A,
of all persons against said deceased hs 80
ed and adjusted by this court at A re9ri.,' I.
thereof to be held at the court hoG.e h \
village OF Dodgeville, in said counfy I.
first Tuesday of January, A. D. iSSs ~, " /
notice thereof be given by publieatios w
order for four weeks successfully IN M NS.l
Point Tribune, a weekly newspaper pn5ss
at Mineral Point, m said county. ''D'
BY the Court
JOHN T. JCNEc
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Interview, ing Dickens.

In musty little dressing room just
Off the stage of st. James Hall, in Buff
falo, Charles Dickens gave an ambitious
young newspaper reporter his first les
son in interviewing. That was more
than twenty years ago and during Mr..
Dickenss last visit to this country,
The great novelist gave two public
readings in Buffalo, and on the day af,
ter his reading in that city he went to
the Niagara Falls with party of friends.
1t was to obtain his impressions Of the
Falls that the ambitious young reporter
sought Mr.. Dickens q few minutes be-
fore the rising of the curtain on his sec
ond nights entertainment. As luck
would have it the distinguished author
was alone in the dressing room. He
was sitting at "a rude pine table reading
newspaper by the light of splutter-
ing candle
.What is it, young MANI he said,
somewhat grufiy, as soon as he became
aware Of the reporters presence.
Il am reporter for the Buffalo En-
press" said the intruder with forced
calmness.
Yes. yes well. what Is it2a exclaim-
cd Mr.. Dickens in q tone 50 freezing
that the reporter shivered and instinct
ively turned toward the door in ex-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

IS offices. He has changed every
surveyor general, and every Terri
torial governor, and all pension
agents but Q. He has changed all
the Indian inspectors but /, aud
nearly all the Indian agents. Be-
sides all these he has appointed
over 10000 Democrats to minor
postofices and other places. II
seems rather hard that with such
facts his party should be clamoring
against him throwing out stay
plum now and then to a needy mug
wump brother.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

THE Tammany Society, New
York, is preparing h. o. t. for the
Fourth of July. General Lee Of
Virginia, Secretary Lamar, Speaker
Carlisle, and the Hon. Henry Wat
terson, of Kentucky, are all invited
TO crate. 1t is safe to say they will
confine themselves to the history
prior 10 l776.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Dated Dodgeville, wis. June 7 M. is s9'''
CTATE OF WISCONSIN, IOWA nm,

CTATE OF WISCONSIN, IOWA coryI
> court--in probate
Notice is hereby given that at speci,,
of the Iowa county C urt, 70 be held In Al
said county, at the Court House, IN tbe VI,
of Dodgeville, in said county, on The ib ~
July, A. d. 1857 being the first ruesjW
said month, at 10 O'clock in the ioreDoT
said day, the following matters will Be NJ,
and considered:
The application OF Emma Wearne. s3rAl
trstrix with will annexed, OF the eg,e
John Wearne, late of said county deceasi
the examination ana allowance OF her Id
istration account, and the assignment o
residue of saidestaIe to such persons u IN
law entitled to The same.
And it is further ordered, that public ma
thereof he iven to all persons intere,,ei
publishing copy of this order for three "
successfully, prior to said day Of hs.-'
III the Mineral Point TRIBUNE weekly b.
paper published il said county
By order OF the Court,
JOHN T. JONES, J13s
Dated Dodgeville, Wis June :, 1887. y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Legal Notices.


GTATE OF WISCONSIN. CoUNrv o..
Iowa County-ln Probate. OVURlli
deceased. h@iph J. a,
Letters Of administration on the e,,.,
J. Short, deceased having been ie sSs V q b.
short 'ssulq % n
II is ordered, that six months f-o
this date be, and are hereby 1l az 1
creditors Of said Ralph j. short 'OSel o
ance 'Vu ahd IA
ordered further, hat the claims ana
OF all persons against said deceased AN \. ussi;
ca ana ADJUSTED by this court at re sg Jss9
village of Dodgeville. in said conn Tg' e 10
1ueSda. OF January, A d. lsSs az ~, 1A ne /
tne9eot be given by publication Of mr. i1s. n
four weeks successfully in the n ;nn gida
Tribune a weekly newspaper pnbJistSs. q
city OF Mineral Point. in said COUNTY ~
By the Court
JOHN 4. JONES I"
Dated Dodgeville, Wis, June III. 'i iSs- 'aas
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

To HoRsEMEN.-The Hambeton-
ian horse Stanley, property of VIM.
Treweek, will be kept for stock pur-
poses this season at the barn of Mr..
Treweek in this city. The horse
will not make any other stand.
Among his gets are many valuable,
high-selIing colts, which is fea-
ture particularly worthy of consid-
Grafton. Terms reasonable.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
JOHN 7. JONES, Jl
Da'ed Dodgeville, Wis, Nay Sd, 1887
.TATE OF wIsCONsfN-CouNTY C0uBTNt

STATE OF WISCONSfN-CoUNTY C0lBTNl
y Iowa County--ln Probate
Notice is hereby given that at regular 4
of the Iowa County Court, to be held in ari
said County, at the Court House. in the vi
oi Dodgeville, in said county on the 1ll da l
June, A. d. 1887, being the first Tuesdn
said month, at 10 o'clock IN the forenoon o. 4
day, the following matters will be heard 4
considered:
The application o. william H. Curry ai11
Isl. ator OF the estate of Aun Berry, late o. y
county deceased, for the examination a
allow ance of his administration account ~
the assignment of the residue Of said esuf
such persons as are by law entitled to lhe a1'
And it is further ordered, that public n9l;
thereof be given to all persons interested o! pa
fishing copy OF this order for three weeH y
cessiyely prior to said day Of hearing 10
Mineral Point Tribune a weekly newspaper -
lished in said county.
By order Of the Court
Is JOHN 7. JONES, Jadge.
Dated Dodgcville, Wis, April 18th, 1884,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Buggies! Buggies!

Our warehouse is now full of the
best known make of buggies and
wagons, goods that will be sold as
low as good warranted work can be
and we ask all expecting to buy to
give them a careful inspection.
23w4 Martin IL Toay.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Notice 10 Hear PeIttion for Admin,
IrHtbou.

STATE OF WISCONSIN. COUNTY COCRTw
) Iowa COunty--ln Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at special N
OF the Iowa county court to be held In and
said county, at the court house In the yias.
bodgeyille in said county, on The 7h dl
iune, A d. 1897, being the first Tus,i
oi said month, at ! o'clock in the anemom
said day, the following matters will be ha
ana COnsidered
he application OF John Short for De
ointment o an administrator OF the estate
ealph j. hor' late Of the town Of Waldg,
Iowa count, Wis. in said county, deceased
And 1t l. further orc cred that public nod
thereof be given to all persons interested bypi
fishing copy Of this order tor three WEI
succe ssiycly prior TO said day OF hearing %
Mineral Point TRIBUNE, a weekly neVsRl
published in said county.
By order of the Court,
JOHN 4. JONES Jnis
Da'ed Dodgeville, Wis, Nay Sd, 1887 4